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In this issue, our friends at Solvay Advanced Polymers help us learn all about the innovative world of plastics in healthcare. They also provide us with a handy design recipe for plastics ribs.
Read on to learn more!
Warmest wishes,
The IDES Team
Design Recipe for Plastics Ribs and Radii
Poor rib design can actually make a part weaker—not stronger.
How do you like your ribs? We recommend well done because failure to observe basic design rules on thickness, height and radii could lead to premature failure of an otherwise flawlessly designed part. Poor rib design could also create cosmetic problems in a part or slow molding time.
Discover More Plastics for Healthcare
Solvay Advanced Polymers offers more ultra and high-performance polymers for orthopedics, cases and trays, medical devices and dental instruments than any other company in the world. These materials can be sterilized using all conventional sterilization methods and comply with ISO 10993:1 biocompatibility requirements for limited exposure applications.
Sterilization Compatibility
Solvay's ultra and high-performance polymers offered for healthcare applications can be sterilized using all conventional sterilization methods, including gamma radiation, ethylene oxide gas, hydrogen peroxide and steam. The table below gives a general indication of the range of compatibility with these various methods.
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Customize Your Look With Color
The look you want
Whether you want to use colors to distinguish your brand or create a fresh, exciting look for a new product line, custom-colored Radel R resins are a perfect fit. With reduced minimums and shorter lead times, it’s easier than ever to customize your look with color.
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The performance you need
Radel® R polyphenylsulfone can withstand more than a thousand cycles of disinfection and steam sterilization without any significant loss of properties. They offer a durable, lightweight alternative to metal and can be customized to fit instruments with complex shapes.
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| discover more for implantable medical devices Solviva™ Biomaterials are a dynamic new family of polymers offered for use in implantable medical devices. The product line is comprised of the following polymers, and includes products for short-term and long-term exposure. |
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Zeniva™ PEEK |
One of the most chemically resistant plastics available with high strength and stiffness plus excellent toughness and fatigue resistance |
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Proniva™ SRP |
World’s stiffest and strongest unreinforced thermoplastic that offers exceptional chemical resistance and hardness |
Veriva™ PPSU polyphenylsulfone |
Provides unsurpassed toughness combined with transparency and excellent chemical resistance |
Eviva™ PSU |
Offers practical toughness in a strong, transparent polymer |
Press Release: Biomaterial Solvay advanced Polymers Launches Solviva™ Biomaterials Available for Use in Implantable Medical Devices Click to continue (pdf) |
Solviva™ Biomaterials can be sterilized using all conventional sterilization methods, including gamma radiation, ethylene oxide and steam. These materials are available in resin for injection molding or extrusion, as well as stock shapes for machined components.
Downloadable Healthcare Case Studies
- Colored latches give a distinctive look to instrument delivery systems (pdf)
Paragon Medical uses custom colors to help OEM's differentiate their brand and products. - Innovative design brings a new angle to SPI oral surgery (pdf)
Pyxidis Medical taps into the unique properties of Radel® R PPSU to deliver top performance on all accounts. - Spinal surgery tray designed for easy use, cleaning and sterilization (pdf)
Pyxidis Medical taps into the unique properties of Radel® R PPSU to deliver top performance on all accounts.
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